United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has slammed Myanmar for arresting two journalists covering the “tragedy” of the Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country.
Myanmar said on Wednesday that security forces had arrested two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The two had been writing news reports about a military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority community in Rahkine...

The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders says at least 6,700 members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority group were killed in state-sponsored violence in Myanmar only in a period of one month beginning on August 25.
The announcement was made by Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, on Thursday.
"At least 6,700 Rohingya, in the most conservative...

Afghan Minister of Haj and Islamic Affairs Faiz Mohammad Osmani warned that thousands of ISIL terrorists who fled Syria have picked up Afghanistan as their next target.
"The ISIL has some moves in Afghanistan. When we, as the regional states, express pleasure in ISIL's failure in Syria and Iraq, we should also be careful and investigate where the surviving members of...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that he will turn his country into the "world's strongest nuclear power."
According to North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, Kim made the remarks while addressing workers behind the north's latest missile test on Tuesday, adding that Pyongyang "will victoriously advance and leap as the strongest nuclear power and military power in the world."
Tensions have...

Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi warned that the ISIL terrorist group which has sustained heavy defeats in Iraq and Syria is now attempting to find a new shelter, naming Afghanistan and Pakistan as its main target.
"The ISIL has lost land but it has not surrendered its arms and is after occupying lands in Afghanistan, Pakistan and anywhere else possible...

Afghanistan's defense ministry called on Iran to help the country in training skilled Armed Forces, praising Tehran for its past cooperation with Kabul in all fields.
"Iran can help Afghanistan by training its Armed Forces," Afghan Defense Ministry Spokesman Dolat Vaziri said in an interview with the Iranian media on Monday.
He urged Iran to provide the Afghan cadets with military scholarship...

A new investigation reveals that Rohingya Muslim women have been subjected to “methodical” and “sweeping” rape by Myanmar’s military forces in Rakhine State, where a government-backed ethnic cleansing campaign has been underway against the minority group.
The investigation was conducted by the Associated Press based on interviews with 29 Rohingya women and girls, who survived sexual assault and have managed to...

Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) is ready to perform its duty towards the issue facing Jerusalem, Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Saturday.
“We have to be prepared for any possibilities. The ATM has always been ready, waiting for instructions from the top leadership,” the Malaysian state news agency Bernama quoted Hussein.
“Let us pray that this dispute would not lead to chaos,” Hussein...

More than 300 militants across the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan have surrendered over the past few months, officials say.
Some 313 militants from three separatist movements handed over weapons during a high-profile ceremony to Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, the chief minister of the province. The ceremony took place on the lawn of the Balochistan provincial assembly in city of Quetta on Saturday.
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Amid frayed Washington-Islamabad ties, Pakistan has ordered its air force to shoot down any drones violating the country’s airspace, including those of the US military, which are deemed responsible for a high number of civilian deaths in the Asian state.
“We will not allow anyone to violate our airspace. I have ordered PAF (Pakistan air force) to shoot down drones, including...